Christiaan Huygens
Physicist, Astronomer
1629 – 1695
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Who was Christiaan Huygens?
Christiaan Huygens, FRS was a prominent Dutch mathematician and scientist. He is known particularly as an astronomer, physicist, probabilist and horologist.
Huygens was a leading scientist of his time. His work included early telescopic studies of the rings of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock and other investigations in timekeeping. He published major studies of mechanics and optics, and a pioneer work on games of chance.
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- The world is my country, science is my religion.
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- Born
- Apr 14, 1629
The Hague - Also known as
- Christiaan Huyghens
- Parents
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- Dutch people
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Education
- Leiden University
- Employment
- French Academy of Sciences
- Lived in
- Netherlands
- The Hague
- Paris
- Died
- Jul 8, 1695
The Hague - Resting place
- Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk
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on July 23, 2013
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